05
Jul
Abundance Is Not Getting Your Way
2 min read
Blended Family
18
Jun
The Song Under the Noise
Even in a loud house, there can be a song under the noise: not denial, but beauty strong enough to help us return to love.
4 min read
16
Jun
A Different Horizon in the Same House
A stepfamily becomes safer when children are free to carry different goals, different griefs, and different emotional weather without becoming evidence for the adults.
3 min read
14
Jun
The Table Has Room for More Than One Tradition
A blended family table becomes safer when it can hold old rituals, new rituals, grief, joy, and difference without making anyone disappear.
3 min read
13
Jun
When Love Brings More Than One Story Home
When I met Alana, I had to learn that love was not an eraser. It was an invitation to honor more than one story at the same table.
4 min read
12
Jun
The Ferry Was Full of the World
A commute on the Staten Island Ferry became a reminder that stepfamilies are already practicing one of the most necessary kinds of love in the world.
4 min read
01
Jun
Faith That Makes the Table Kinder
Faith matters when it makes the table kinder, the apology cleaner, the boundary wiser, and the home safer.
3 min read
30
May
The Real Brady Bunch After the Montage
3 min read
29
May
When Family Changes Shape
3 min read
29
May
Every Tie Has Its Own Light
2 min read